black mark
black mark noun: something that negatively affects someone's reputation.
Noun
black mark (plural black marks)
- Something that negatively affects someone's reputation.
- "It taints your CV as people look at it and see what's gone on and it does put a bit of a black mark against you," says the man who, in 2006, was head hunted by Preston only for his tenure to be brought to a halt 17 months later.2011 April 6, Aimee Lewis, quoting Paul Simpson, “Management after the sack”, in BBC Sport
black mark meaning in Tamil and Kannada
black mark in Tamil
- ஒழுங்கீனக் குறி, தவறுகைக் குறி, பிழைக்குறி
black mark in Kannada
- ಕಪ್ಪು ಗುರುತು, ಕಪ್ಪು ಚಿಹ್ನೆ, ಕಳಂಕ
Forms of black mark
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Questions about black mark
- What does black mark mean?
- Black mark means something that negatively affects someone's reputation.
- What is black mark in Tamil?
- Black mark in Tamil is ஒழுங்கீனக் குறி, தவறுகைக் குறி, பிழைக்குறி. See Black mark meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is black mark?
- Black mark is a noun.
- What is the plural of black mark?
- The plural of black mark is black marks.
Words near black mark in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: black mark (page history and authors); black mark (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); black mark (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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